Three words can pretty distinctly describe the five-year college career of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball player Karsen Murphy.
Adaptation. Adversity. Growth.
The 6-foot forward from Glendive, Montana, will be playing her final home game for UTC — as will fellow seniors Brooke Anya, Takia Davis, Jade Moore and Sigrun Olafsdottir — when the Mocs (13-13, 8-5 Southern Conference) close the regular season against Wofford (16-10, 8-5) on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. at McKenzie Arena.
Murphy’s college career started in her home state as she spent the 2020-21 season at the University of Montana before transferring across the country to UTC. She came to Chattanooga as a guard, but Murphy was quickly shifted to a new position in Katie Burrows’ fourth and final season as head coach.
The Mocs went 7-23 that season — missing the NCAA Division I tournament for the fifth year in a row after appearances in the big bracket had been a regular occurrence over the previous two decades — but Murphy and Olafsdottir were among the players who stuck around after the leadership change.